Drier bracket



NOV. 24, 1931. 1 JUDELSQNQ 1,833,022

DRIER BRACKET Original Filed May 28, 1924 [00/6 Ede/Jon INVENTOR W ATILORNEY Patented Nov. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES? LOUIS :mnnnson, or new YORK, my.

DRIER smxm Original application filed Kay 28, 1924, Serial No. 716,340. Divided and this application filed December 15,

' 1927. Serial No. 240,273.

This invention relates to improvements in brackets of the socket type used particularly in connection with clothes driers.

The present application is a division of my copending application, filed May 28, 1924.

Serial No. 716,340.

The invention has for its object to provide an integral bracket and socket arrangement for supporting drier rods at one end only and I accomplish this object by means of the device illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved bracket and drier rod: Figure 2 is a substantially longitudinal view of the bracket with the rod in position: and Figure 3 is a transverse sec-' tional view of the rod taken on lines 33 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, denotes the bracket, comprising a back wall plate 11 having corner opening 12 toreceive fastening means not shown. An integral socket 13 pro jects outwardly from the face of the back plate 11, the socket being substantially triangular in transverse section and at a point about midway of its length the top lateral wall is cut away. The under surface of the short length of the top wall is provided with a transversely disposed integral rib 14 projecting the full width of the socket 13, the rib being provided to engage a notch 15 cut in the upper surface of a drier rod 16. The drier rods 16 are triangular in transverse section and are preferably composed of tubing, bent sheet metal or any other suitable material used in the construction of hollow rods. The inner end of the rod 16 is provided with a filler 17 which acts as a reenforcing member and enables the rod after being inserted into the socket 13 to support considerable weight without fear of becoming bent or otherwise distorted. The rod 16 is adapted to fit snugly within the socket and is prevented from being withdrawn by a direct outward pull by means of the rib 14:, and from sagging by means of the under support which the free end of the socket affords the rod beyond the top wall. Any downward pressure upon the rod will cause the end adjacent the back plate 11 to o closely engage the under surface of the top wall since the outer free end of the socket virtually forms a fulcrum point about which the rod may bear. The rod, however, is readily removed by simply raising the outer end until the inner end has swung down? wardly, in a space provided by a curved under portion 18 of the socket, and until the notch 15 is free of the rib 14, thereafter the operation being completed by withdrawing the rod at an angle to the lateral axis of the socket.

Having now described the nature of my invention and the manner in which the same is practiced, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 5

1. A bracket for supporting a drier arm of the character described, comprising a back plate, an integral projecting socket portion substantially triangular in transverse section and having the forward portion of the up per wall cut away, the remaining portion thereof being provided with a transverse rib depending in the interior of said socket, and a downwardly curved under wall adjacent said plate. ll

2. A bracket for supporting a drier arm of the character described, comprising a back plate, an integral projecting socket portion having the forward portion of the upper wall cut away, the remaining portion thereof hav ing an inwardly disposed projection, and a downwardly curved under wall adjacent the plate.

3. A bracket for supporting a drier arm having a transverse groove adjacent one end; comprising a projecting socket triangular in transverse section, the socket being provided with a transverse projection to be engaged in the groove of the arm, the upper and outer end of the socket being cut away and the: rearward lower .wall being downwardly curvedto facilitate insertion and removal of the arm at an angle to the axis of the socket.

1. A bracket and a drier arm detachably supported in said bracket, the latter comprising a back plate an integral projecting socket portion of substantially triangular transverse section, the base thereof being the top wall of the socket and being cut away at the outer end thereof, the apex of the socket following a downwardly disposed curve to meet the back plate, the uncut section of the base having a rib projecting between the sides and into the interior of the socket, and said drier arm being composed of a triangular hollow rod and a filler element for .oneend the rod and filler being provided with 'a'transverse notch across the base adjacent the end to receive the rib of the socket and prevent removal of the arm axially *of the socket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LOUIS J UDELSON. 

